2013-14 Red Storm Cross Country, Track & Field Highlights Cross Country Receives Perfect 1,000 NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) Score Four USTFCCCA All-Academic Honorees (Mooney, Lovely, Presely, Hinton) Rikka Lovely Named 2013-14 BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award Winner Red Storm Hosts Inaugural Tom Farrell Classic At Newly Renovated DaSilva Memorial Track Team earns 16 All-BIG EAST Conference Honors Red Storm Wins Four BIG EAST Championship Individual Titles & 1 Relay Title Danette Hinton (2) and Claire Mooney Named BIG EAST Athlete of the Week OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD NCAA REGIONAL Danette Hinton Hammer Throw 55.65m 29th Presley, Allen, Mooney, Garcia 4x400m 3:41.72 23rd ECAC CHAMPIONSHIPS Garcia, Allen, Mooney, Rodriquez 4th place 4 x 400m 3:42.97 (3:39.50 trials) Danette Hinton 7th place Hammer Throw 55.14m Garcia, Allen, Shenika King, LaTasha Collina 7th place 4 x 100m 47.18 Claire Mooney 9th place 400m 55.03s Thompson, Rodriquez, M. Van Pelt, S. Van Pelt 9th 4 x 800m 9:13.99 2014 BIG EAST OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM PLACES FIFTH AT VILLANOVA Claire Mooney wins 2nd BIG EAST title of 2013-14 with 400m title 54.69s (No. 9 all-time SJU) Danette Hinton earns Hammer Throw runner-up & silver medal 53.89s Amber Allen claims 400m Hurdles runner-up & silver medal 59.79s Gina Frisa claims Heptathlon 3rd place & bronze medal 3378 points 4 x 100m (46.90s) & 4 x 400m (3:42.33) claim relay silver medals Veronica Thompson places 11th in 800m prelims 2:09.96 (No. 5 SJU all-time) PENN RELAYS Danette Hinton claims 6th in Championship of America Hammer Throw 57.07 (No. 4 SJU all-time) 4 x 400m takes 5th / 4 x 200m 7th in ECAC sections CAROLINA SPRING BREAK CLASSIC CAROLINA, PUERTO RICO Red Storm competes outside of Continental U.S. for first time in program history Claire Mooney 400m 55.32s 2nd place
2013-14 Red Storm Cross Country, Track & Field Highlights INDOOR TRACK & FIELD ECAC CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM PLACES 10TH OUT OF 46 TEAMS Claire Mooney wins 2nd consecutive ECAC 500m Championship 1:12.68 (No. 5 all-time SJU) Danette Hinton places 4th in the 20lb Wt. Throw 18.52m Mooney, Garcia, Lovely, Presley place 2nd in the 4 x 400m Relay 3:41.85 2014 BIG EAST INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM PLACES 4TH AT NYC ARMORY Red Storm claims 3 individual titles & 1 relay gold Danette Hinton crowned BIG EAST 20lb Wt champion 18.25m Claire Mooney crowned BIG EAST 500m champion 1:12.14 (No. 4 all-time SJU) Rikka Lovely crowned BIG EAST 60m champion 7.48s (No. 3 all-time SJU) Mooney, Garcia, Lovely, Presley crowned BIG EAST 4 x 400m champions 3:41.52 Rikka Lovely places 2nd in 200m 23.92s (No. 2 all-time SJU) Pariis Garcia places 2nd in 400m 55.66s (T-No. 8 all-time SJU) Radiya Buchanan places 3rd in Indoor Pentathlon 2,902 pts Amber Allen places 3rd in 400m 56.18s METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM PLACES 2ND IN 104-POINT EFFORT Claire Mooney wins 500m 1:12.38 Rikka Lovely wins 60m 7.56s Danette Hinton wins Weight Throw 18.46m Red Storm scores 104 points in third consecutive runner-up finish MILLROSE GAMES Danette Hinton (6th, 17.96m) & Alumnae Chanel King (8th, 16.53m) place in Elite Weight Throw 2013 CROSS COUNTRY *Cross Country Team Earns Perfect 1,000 NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) Score *Stephanie Van Pelt (9th, 20:46.7) & Michelle Van Pelt (10th, 20:54.4) place top-10 at ECAC Championships Coaches Association 5K *Team sends seven sophomores to BIG EAST Championship in Somers, Wisconsin *Kerri Butler (5th, 18:50.04) & Michelle Duffy (6th, 18:52.34) lead Red Storm to 3rd place at LIU Post Invite *Red Storm co-hosts season-opening SJU-Hofstra Fall XC Festival on St. John s University Oakdale, N.Y. campus
OLYMPIC GAMES 2012 LONDON PHOBAY KUTU-AKOI 100m - LIBERIA 2004 ATHENS PAT JARRETT 4 X 100M - JAMAICA 2000 - SYDNEY IAN ROBERTS 800M - GUYANA 2000 - SYDNEY PAT JARRETT - 100M & 4 X 100M JAMAICA 1996- ATLANTA ROMAN LINSCHIED HAMMER THROW IRELAND 1996- ATLANTA KAWAN LOVELACE TRIPLE JUMP BELIZE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011 OUTDOOR DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA PHOBAY KUTU-AKOI 100m -LIBERIA DeWAYNE BARRETT 4 X 400M - JAMACIA 2004 INDOOR BUDAPEST, HUNGARY COACH PETE ZINNO 2001 OUTDOOR EDMONTON, CANADA - COACH KEN BANTUM - USA 2001- INDOOR - PORTUGAL COACH CONNIE HAYES - USA 1999 - YOUTH BOYGGSZA, POLAND COACH CONNIE HAYES - USA 1999 OUTDOOR IAN ROBERTS 800M GUYANA 1999 CROSS COUNTRY CHRIS GRAFF USA 1999 INDOOR MAEBASHI, JAPAN IAN ROBERTS 800M GUYANA 1997 OUTDOOR ROMAN LINSHCEID HAMMER IRELAND 1995 OUTDOOR GOTEBERG, SWEDEN KAWAN LOVELACE TRIPLE JUMP BELIZE 1995 OUTDOOR GOTEBERG, SWEDEN ROMAN LINSCHEID HAMMER - IRELAND WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES 2005 KERIANN STEWART 200m JAMAICA 2005 DeWAYNE BARRETT 200m & 400m - JAMAICA 1999 DePALMARA, SPAIN CHRIS GRAFF 10,000M USA 1999 DePALMARA, SPAIN NICOLA COFFEY HAMMER IRELAND
PAN AMERICAN GAMES 1999 IAN ROBERTS 800M GUYANA 1992 SONJA FITTS HAMMER USA SILVER MEDAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 99-00-01-02 JOSE ZAYAS 1500M & 5000M DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1999 NICOLA COFFEY HAMMER THROW IRISH NATIONALS 1999 IAN ROBERTS 800M CARIBBEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 1995 KAWAN LOVELACE TRIPLE JUMP USA JR. NATIONALS 1995-96-97 ROMAN LINSCHEID HAMMER IRISH NATIONALS 1994 LEONIE CODRINGTON TRIPLE JUMP JAMAICA NATIONALS 1992 SONJA FITTS HAMMER - USA OLYMPIC TRIALS NCAA ALL-AMERICANS SIMONE BROOKS LONG JUMP ROMAN LINSCEID (6) HAMMER & WT. THROW LEONIE CODRINGTON (2) TRIPLE JUMP NADINE GORDON TRIPLE JUMP MICHELLE HICKMAN TRIPLE JUMP GINA LOMONACO DISCUS IAN ROBERTS 800M CHRIS FOGARAZZO 3000M CHRIS GRAFF 5000M & 10,000M PRISCILLA FREDERICK (4) HIGH JUMP BOB REID CROSS COUNTRY
11 OLYMPIANS / 13 OLYMPIC GAMES Helsinki 52 Constance Darnowski 80m Hurdles Melbourne 56 Constance Darnowski 80m Hurdles Rome 60 Peter Close 1500m Tokyo 64 Tom Farrell 800m 5th Mexico City 68 Tom Farrell 800m Bronze Medal Moscow 80 Kim Thomas 4 x 400m Seoul 88 Wilson Egwu Javelin Barcelona 92 Rich Torellas Asst. Manager *Sonja Fitts Won the USA Olympic Trials in 1992 Hammer Event was not contested at the Olympic Games until 2000 Atlanta 96 Roman Linschied Hammer Kawan Lovelace Triple Jump Sydney 00 Ian Roberts 800m Pat Jarrett 100m Athens 04 Pat Jarrett 4x100m Beijing 08 Rich Torellas Head Manager London 12 Phobay Kutu-Akoi 100m / Liberian Flag Bearer